{"id":185598,"date":"2014-04-03T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/ethnic-cleansing-behind-attacks-on-darfur-villages-jem\/"},"modified":"2014-04-03T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T14:14:00","slug":"ethnic-cleansing-behind-attacks-on-darfur-villages-jem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/ethnic-cleansing-behind-attacks-on-darfur-villages-jem","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ethnic cleansing behind attacks on Darfur villages\u2019: JEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) condemned the widespread acts of destruction by the Rapid Support Forces and other militia groups on villages in North and South Darfur, as well as the silence of the Um Jaras Forum\u2019s participants concerning the attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Sunday, when the Um Jaras Forum was concluding its sessions, the destruction of rural areas in North Darfur had intensified. However, not a single reference, let alone a condemnation of the attacks, was mentioned in the Forum\u2019s outcomes,\u201d Ahmed Adam Bakhit, Deputy Head of JEM, told Radio Dabanga on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rapid Support militias have destroyed all \u2018the arable and arid\u2019 in areas southeast of Nyala in South Darfur, west of El Fasher, the north-western parts of Kutum, and west of Mellit in North Darfur. This policy of scorched earth and the systematic impoverishment of the people of Darfur can only be described as ethnic cleansing,\u201d Bakhit stated.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Wednesday, JEM listed a number of North Darfur villages that were looted and destroyed on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: Hashaba El Donki, Bir Subyan Kujo, Hamarei, Hillet Salem, Hillet Nugara, Bawa, Hillet Mandi, Nagu Jara, Baashim, Amarjadeed, Tirbo Suri, Hillet Adam Khater, Hillet Abu Bakar, Hillet Nakari, and Hillet Haroun, Anka, and Anka El Gadima.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring these three days of ravaging by the RSF militias, under the command of the National Intelligence and Security Service, the areas were bombarded by the Sudanese Air Force. After the attacks, the militias gathered at Baashim, most probably to plan a new campaign of attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

File photo:<\/em> A burnt house in Mellit, 25 March 2014 (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

Thousands of North Darfur villagers flee to areas short of water<\/a> (1 April 2014)<\/p>\n

Darfur rebels accuse Sudan\u2019s Vice-President of supervising militias<\/a> (1 April 2014)<\/p>\n

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